This week I’ve been playing VRC Pro which is a realistic RC car racing simulator. When I was a teenager I raced 1/10 off-road buggies - a Kyosho Scorpion and an Associated RC10. Many years later this sim is letting me have a go again and it’s a lot of fun.

The handling of the cars is impressively accurate with fully proportional steering and throttle response. A neat piece of functionality is you can use an actual transmitter and receiver as controller with a USB converter. I use an Xbox 360 controller.

Stellaris® is a Grand Strategy game beginning at the discovery of faster-than-light travel that focuses on space exploration and empire-building. Stellaris® is developed by Paradox Development Studio, the creators of Crusader Kings II, and Europa...

Stellaris seems to be getting a lot of positive attention.It's only £17.50 on Steam sale and doesn't take up a lot of HD space.

Just treated myself to a new Xbox One S and had a blast ripping through Gears of War 4 - so popped into Game to see if they had anything of interest second hand and picked this up for £8 and it’s an absolute belter - should keep me occupied for a while